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Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway

The Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway was an amalgamation of two separate railway companies which had between them built lines linking Bath with Bournemouth. Much of the line passed through territory that was very rural and sparsely populated. Development of road transport took away much of the local passenger and fright traffic, while the growth of foreign travel made possible by jet aircraft resulted in a decline in seasonal holiday express trains which used the line to take holidaymakers from the Midlands and North of England to Bournemouth. The line closed in 1966, as part of the "Beeching Cuts" (see separate snippet here: Link )

The Somerset & Dorset Railway Trust has an informative PDF file which gives more detail about the railway and the stations it served: LinkExternal link
by Malc McDonald

Created: Wed, 1 Jan 2025, Updated: Wed, 1 Jan 2025


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SY9798 : Dismantled railway near Corfe Mullen by Malc McDonald
SY9898 : Disused railway bridge near Corfe Mullen by Malc McDonald


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